Women's Experiences With Mammography Screening Through 6 Years of Participation—A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Solbjør, Marit; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Østerlie, Wenche; Forsmo, Siri

doi:10.1080/07399332.2014.989438

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“…Few studies have examined factors that may contribute to both attendance and non-attendance of mammography screening when it is free, as in Norway [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Previous research has addressed several sociodemographic factors (e.g.…”

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“…age, ethnicity, residence) [6,[10][11][12][13] and system-related issues (e.g. trust in the healthcare system, receiving an invitation to screening and routinization of mammography screening) [14,15]. However, the majority of the studies examining psychological predictors of breast cancer screening focus on determinants of screening attendance, rather than non-attendance [7].…”

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Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Ivanova

Kvalem

2021

BMC Women's Health

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Background Mammography screening is the main method for early detection of breast cancer in Norway. Few studies have focused on psychological determinants of both attendance and non-attendance of publicly available mammography screening programs. The aim of the current study, guided by the Extended Parallel Process Model, was to examine how psychological factors influence defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography. Methods Cross-sectional survey data from a community sample of women living in Norway aged ≥ 18 (N = 270), and without a history of breast cancer, was collected from September 2018 to June 2019 and used to investigate the relationships between the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) constructs and two outcomes: defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography within the next two years. After adjusting for confounding factors, the hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses was conducted to assess the ability of the independent variables based on the EPPM to predict the two outcome variables. Significance level was chosen at p < 0.05. Results Multivariate analyses showed that defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening was predicted by lower perceived susceptibility to breast cancer (β = − 0.22, p = 0.001), lower response efficacy of mammography screening (β = − 0.33, p = 0.001), higher breast cancer fear (β = 0.15, p = 0.014), and checking breasts for lumps (β = − 0.23, p = 0.001). Intention to attend mammography within the next two years was predicted by higher response efficacy of mammography screening (β = 0.13, p = 0.032), having a lower educational level (β = − 0.10, p = 0.041), and regular previous mammography attendance compared to never attending (β = 0.49, p = 0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography were not predicted by the same pattern of psychological factors. Our findings suggest future health promotion campaigns need to focus not only on the psychological factors that encourage women’s decision to attend the screening, but also to counter factors that contribute to women’s decision to avoid it.

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Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Ivanova

Kvalem

2021

BMC Women's Health

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“…The opportunity cost of imaging surveillance, however, exceeds time spent in travel and waiting rooms. The stress associated with the waiting period before imaging or biopsy results are revealed to the patient is well documented in other oncology patient populations [33][34][35]. We think that the patients in this study, many of whom had waited weeks to be informed of their imaging results, may have also found the process associated with each imaging stressful.…”

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Short-term postoperative surveillance imaging may be unnecessary in elderly patients with resected WHO Grade I meningiomas

Nayeri

Prablek

Brinson

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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“…Qualitative studies based on focus group interviews of women attending screening [152,162,165,166] indicate that women who attend screening are aware that cancers may be missed, but still trust the screening program more than they trust clinical examination/self-examination. They do not see the invitation as an invitation, but rather as a call, rendering decision-making redundant.…”

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Kristiansen¹,

Bugge²,

Førde³

2018

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Women's Experiences With Mammography Screening Through 6 Years of Participation—A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Cited by 10 publications

References 42 publications

Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Short-term postoperative surveillance imaging may be unnecessary in elderly patients with resected WHO Grade I meningiomas

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